Yorkshire & North East England - Travel Guide

Historic Yorkshire, County Durham, and Northumberland

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Find historic places to visit and stay in Yorkshire and north east England. Explore historic York, with its glorious Minster, and walk the medieval city walls. Just outside York is Castle Howard, one of the great stately homes of England. Then there is historic Durham, with its castle and cathedral, and Whitby Abbey, perched on a high cliff above the sea. From the medieval abbeys of Rievaulx and Fountains, to the dramatic castles that line the Northumberland coast, history is never far away!

Major Historic Attractions

Top Heritage-Rated

Barton-le-Street, St Michael's Church Heritage Rating
Fountains Abbey
Lindisfarne Priory
Harewood House
Rievaulx Abbey

Abbeys
Brinkburn Priory
Byland Abbey
Finchale Priory
Mount Grace Priory
Rievaulx Abbey
Thornton Abbey
Whitby Abbey
Fountains Abbey

All abbeys in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Castles
Alnwick
Castle Bolton
Clifford's Tower
Lindisfarne Castle
Pickering
Richmond
Scarborough
Warkworth

All castles in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Cathedrals
Durham
Ripon
York Minster

All historic churches in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Countryside
North York Moors National Park
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Northumberland National Park

Historic Houses
Beningbrough Hall
Burton Agnes Hall
Burton Constable
Castle Howard
Cragside
Duncombe Park
Harewood House
Newby Hall
Sledmere

All historic houses in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Roman Remains
Hadrians Wall
Housesteads Fort

All Roman sites in Northumberland, Yorkshire

Museums
Eden Camp
National Media Museum
National Railway Museum
North York Moors Railway
Wensleydale Creamery Visitor's Centre
Yorkshire Museum

All museums in Northumberland, Yorkshire

Featured Attraction

Kirkstall Abbey - Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Kirkstall Abbey was founded at Barnoldswick in 1147 as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey. It was moved to Kirkstall, in what is now Leeds, in 1152. The monastic buildings survive to a remarkable degree, in part because they were used as farm buildings after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. ... more

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Editor's picks - Top 5 reasons to visit Yorkshire & Northumberland

1. Walking in the North York Moors
2. Lindisfarne Island
3. Historic Durham Cathedral
4. A ride on the North York Moors Railway
5. The stained-glass west windows of York Minster

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